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    SOLVED Template choosing advice

    Posted 11 years 4 days ago
    • Hi
      I have recently returned to the world of web development - my previous experience was HTML and ASP with Notepad!
      I have created a few sites for friends using Joomla and I now have a bigger challenge ahead where I have to match a specific design brief.
      Although I have just started to learn how to create Gantry templates, this job is too advanced for me to build from scratch so I would like to use a responsive RT theme as a basis for me to tweak.

      So, I am looking for any advice on which template to use as a starting point. I have attached a mock-up of the design that I need to recreate.

      thanks for any suggestons.
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    Re: SOLVED Template choosing advice

    Posted 11 years 4 days ago
    • I would say that any of the recent templates would do as a starting point for that (e.g. Vermilion). The contact "module" on the demo is only a dummy so you would need to find a suitable working contact module on JED. All the additional styling that you need can be done using custom CSS.

      This is how to create a custom CSS compatible with Gantry 4...

      Simply create a file called "<TEMPLATENAME>-custom.css" and put this file in the CSS folder of the template (where <TEMPLATENAME> is the name of the template as seen in template manager e.g. rt_fracture). GANTRY4 will automatically load this CSS file. If you wish, you can also have browser specific files by appending, for example, "-ie9" making the filename "<TEMPLATENAME>-custom-ie9.css"

      Regards, Mark.
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    Re: SOLVED Template choosing advice

    Posted 11 years 4 days ago
    • Perfect - thanks for the quick response.
      I actually had Vermilion open in my browser and was probably going to be my starting point if I had no suggestions.

      thanks for the CSS tip.

      Regards
      Gordon
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